This is going to be a really odd show to talk about because at its core it is intended to be a romantic comedy centered around two high school students and members of the student council, Kaguya and Miyuki, and their refusal to admit they love each other. The running joke that the series is centered around is this super strategic mental game the two are trying to play in order to get the other person to confess first. Being a comedy, it's not going to leave me with a whole lot to talk about unless I just sit here repeating jokes to you from the show, so it's going to be a short review.
The reason this show is odd to talk about is that the entire premise of the show fails because that's the entire joke of the plot, and it gets old after one episode. Furthermore, the characters don't feel like they have any actual chemistry together, so that leaves you uninterested in the outcome of the romance. On the other hand, the side cast is amazing, and while the joke between the two leads is dull, how it affects others and how they react to it is hilarious. There are also scenes completely separate from the love story that is incredible. Even the leads are solid characters when they aren't interacting with each other.
The same absurdly serious drama that the lead serves as the joke for the lead characters applies to how the other characters are as well, but since the jokes aren't so one-note it works a lot better and doesn't get old. My personal favorite example is Yu Ishigami. There are better moments, but seeing this is what got me to watch the show, and it really does show what makes Yu such a funny character.
Every time the show steps away from the romance, you get hilarious scenes like this. The problem comes in that the about half of the shows run time is dedicated to the terrible joke that is the premise. I love all the details you see in some of the animations, and the grand way it sets up such a silly idea, but it can't escape the fact that it's the same joke driving the main narrative beginning to end.
I'd bet even bigger fans of the show wouldn't be too critical of the idea that the lead characters are the least interesting, even if they disagree with my assessment of them being dull together. Just look at the jokes and memes people share about this show. Based off that I was expecting too see a lot more of Yu and Fujiwara, but in the end, those are just the things about the show people mostly laugh about and share. You see almost no people sharing scenes between the main characters by comparison.
This show has the same kind of appeal to me as something like Scrubs if you've ever seen that show. It's not a show that is honestly worth sitting down and watching, but if you come across a compilation of funny clips you're likely to enjoy yourself quite a bit. Highlight reals of Yu or Chika will definitely make your day, but it's a hard show to recommend because of the premise being dragged out for so much of the shows run time. You may be able to get into it if you're a big fan of romantic comedies, but for anyone else, it just doesn't offer enough to get invested.
